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Istent HERMANN' HENRY IIINDHORST, Or sT.v LOUIS,

MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 104,171, dated .Teme` 14, 1870.

IMPRovEn Gamm-CLEANING' MACHINE.

v MON- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the san-Ies To ultwhomI it may concern:

Be tknown that I, HERMANN HENRY LINDHORST, of St. Louis,'in the county of St. Louis and Statel of Missouri, have made eeptain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-0leaners; and I do `hereby declare that thefollowing is afull and true description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing and 4to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to those machines now employed for cleaning or beating cloths, mattings, carpets, and the like.

The nature of this invention is irithe 'arrangement of the cloth or carpet being eleansed'vertically between a double set of beaters by which no undue blows causing rents of the cloth will be received thereon, and by which the dust or dirt will be most readily dislodged and forced away from the cloth, and Lin the combination of brush devices with the other-parts referred to,

l for the .more eective'operation in cleansing.

To enable those skilled` in the art to make and use my said invent-ion, I willfnow more full describe the same, referring herein to the accompanying- .Figure l as a front elevation, to

Figure 2 as side elevation, and to AFigure 3 as a vert-ical central section.

Upon a suitable frame, vA A', all parts are supported.

and secured to operate in the manner desired.

Connecting the frame parts, A and A, top and bottom, are respectively the carpet-drums B and B; on the lower drum the carpet C is wound for cleaning; but, to be able to cleanse the full length of carpet, a cloth make-up piece, c, is rst secured to the drum, (and this being of the length to `reach between' the drums,) to which the carpet attaches usually by strong cords or hooks; similarly the Opposite end of carpet i `is attached to B.

To achieve the vertical position of carpets as desired, the same, after leaving B and passing between the transverse beams I) of the main frame, is guided (nearly on a level with the drum B) overa roller, E.

In the vertical movement between the beams D and roller E the carpet is subjected to the blows Or lashings of the beaters Fand F.

l The beaterst-icks fare secured in the tappet-heads f, pivoting on the transverse shafts g.

Each tappet-hcad connects, by coil springs g', (or any similar device,') with the shaft, so that the beater-stick tends to move toward the cloth.

The beaters are set in motion by the cam-shafts H,

I which have many pronged cams h, each operating one of the beater-tappets. Of course the cams will be so placed as to produce alternation 0E action. VAt. the

ends of the cam shafts they will connect by suitable gearing, and they will be driven by the power source in any` ordinary manner..

4It will be advantageous to arrange one set of beat-4 ers as jointed beaters and lashers, the lasherstbeing These securedto the ends of the short beater-arms. l lashes *will be of leather, hemp, rubber, or like material.

beat of the lashers and'beate-'11'sl extending from frame to frame. The, clotbisithus ina comparatively smooth condition between thebar K and the roller E, and is subjected to the rotating outer brush L and the vibrating inner brush M, the brush-shaft `being operated by devices readily arrangeable. The cloth being thus cleansed, both sides are rolled up on the drum D'.

The feed-motion for propelling the carpet is by a ratchet-wheel, m, and a pawl-rod, n, the latter operated by one of the Acam-shafts H.

If it be needed, the carpet may be reversed, so as to A straight metallic bar, 1&is just at the top of the l 

